Common Sense Media Review
By Erin Brereton
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Online bookmarking gets collaborative -- just watch privacy.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 13+?
Any Positive Content?
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Privacy Rating
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Pass
Meets our minimum requirements for privacy and security practices.
Warning
Does not meet our recommendations for privacy and security practices.
Fail
Does not have a privacy policy and should not be used.
Privacy Rating
Our expert evaluators create our privacy ratings. The ratings are designed to help you understand how apps use your data for commercial purposes.
Pass
Meets our minimum requirements for privacy and security practices.
Warning
Does not meet our recommendations for privacy and security practices.
Fail
Does not have a privacy policy and should not be used.
What's It About?
DIIGO -- which stands for Digest of Internet Information, Groups, and Other Stuff, pronounced dee-go -- lets users bookmark items, add notes to them, highlight part of the text, and ultimately store the marked-up pages and share them with other users. A browser bookmark bar button makes adding content easy. Users can also mark items to be read later. A version for educators lets teachers set up classroom accounts to share pages with students; privacy settings prevent anyone but teachers and classmates from communicating through the forum.
Is It Any Good?
Diigo is a great way to collect, comment on, and share web content. After creating an account, users can bookmark pages and add thoughts via sticky notes; they can also showcase particular passages using a virtual highlighter. The pages can then be stored in your personal Diigo library and shared with other users. You can also check out content users have bookmarked in searches or view a list of popular, recently bookmarked topics. Diigo encourages users to connect in several ways: You can search for other users by name, e-mail address, or a topic they've tagged their account with or mentioned; you can also instantly view the percentage of things you have in common, according to your profile content.
The collaboration tools on Diigo provide a unique way to store information and discuss it with other users. However, while parents may (rightfully) have some concerns about kids coming into contact with total strangers on the site, changing your kid's profile privacy settings can prevent random users from contacting your child through the site.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about determining accuracy when conducting online research. How can you tell if a source is valid or if it isn't?
You can see pages other users have bookmarked on Diigo. How can you tell if the content is OK for kids? Should you look at pages people you don't know have bookmarked?
Ask your kid what other ways you both might research a topic without using the Internet. Do your kids know how to track down specific books and other materials in a library?
Website Details
- Subjects : Language & Reading : discussion , reading comprehension
- Skills : Collaboration : group projects , Tech Skills : social media , using and applying technology , Thinking & Reasoning : collecting data , investigation
- Genre : Social Networking
- Pricing structure : Paid, Free
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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